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Interview with The Printed Mind
We wanted to do an interview with a young and upcoming brand. The Printed Mind has only been around for 5 months, but already has made a name for itself with strong products and attention to detail. Check out http://www.theprintedmind.com INTERVIEW WITH LEVI, THE PRINTED MIND: 1. Before The Printed Mind, you were doing Word. [...]
how to start a clothing line, tshirt business, clothing company, t-shirt blog, shirt design, continue reading...Interview with Pyknic
14. August 2009
We had the opportunity to interview Pyknic, http://www.pyknicwear.com Pyknic is a very popular brand that was founded in 2006 and has been gaining popularity ever since. We wanted to interview the pyknic guys because they know about how a successful brand is made. Their interview gives a lot of insight into that and into the brand. Now onto [...]
how to start a clothing line, tshirt business, clothing company, t-shirt blog, shirt design, continue reading...big things to come
12. August 2009
Unfortunately this blog has recently been a bit dead. I have not been able to update as much as I’d like, but I can tell you that this will not be the case for long. John and I have decided to re-vamp the blog and take it in a whole new direction. We are planning a release [...]
how to start a clothing line, tshirt business, clothing company, t-shirt blog, shirt design, continue reading...It’s all about timing: selling seasonal shirts
3. August 2009
When it comes to seasonal shirts timing is everything. I created the shirt “Live every week like it’s shark week” last year during a t-shirt competition and got them printed just in time for shark week. Until that point I hadn’t done much business online it was just hobby. That weekend I sold 20 shirts, [...]
how to start a clothing line, tshirt business, clothing company, t-shirt blog, shirt design, continue reading...The Tale of Johnny Cupcakes
23. July 2009
It started with a nickname. Every day, Johnny Earle would go to work at the Braintree, Massachusetts, music emporium Newbury Comics, and every day his colleagues would call him something different. “Hey, Johnny Appleseed; Johnny Pancakes; Johnny Cupcakes!” Somehow, Cupcakes stuck. That was back in 2000, when Earle was ordering T-shirts for his metal band, On Broken Wings. On [...]
how to start a clothing line, tshirt business, clothing company, t-shirt blog, shirt design, continue reading...Building Brand Loyalty Amongst Your Customers
9. July 2009
A product is a blend of multiple features which is positioned and distinguished by way of some special offering to establish it as a brand. And, if a customer is loyal towards a particular brand, it means a product has fulfilled all the requirements of a customer and satisfying a customer translates the brand into [...]
how to start a clothing line, tshirt business, clothing company, t-shirt blog, shirt design, continue reading...Myspace Marketing (for Your Clothing Line)
3. July 2009
ocial networks are great tools for promotion to many small businesses. Myspace marketing is becoming more and more common, and nearly every business has a Myspace page. Does yours? If not, well I guess you already know what I’d suggest. If you plan on getting started or do happen to have a Myspace page for [...]
how to start a clothing line, tshirt business, clothing company, t-shirt blog, shirt design, continue reading...An Advanced Strategy To Sell More T-Shirts
30. June 2009
Plenty of t-shirt sites offer specials. Buy three get one free, free shipping of orders totaling a certain amount, percentage off an order and a bunch of others to increase the amount of the purchase. One method that isn’t seen too often is the standard up sell. Many large online retailers use this method successfully, [...]
how to start a clothing line, tshirt business, clothing company, t-shirt blog, shirt design, continue reading...Engaging Your Visitors Will Sell More Tee Shirts
24. June 2009
When someone gets involved they tend to be more committed to something than someone just passing by. When people interact online they may be doing a multitude things like instant messaging while surfing the web. As a web site owner, you really have no idea whether you have a visitors full attention since you are [...]
how to start a clothing line, tshirt business, clothing company, t-shirt blog, shirt design, continue reading...Creating A Viral Marketing Campaign For Your Brand
20. June 2009
The focus of viral marketing is the fact that it has the ability to replicate itself without any outside assistance. A viral marketing campaign is one which allows and motivates customers who are exposed to the campaign to actively help spread the word themselves. Your customers pass on the word to other potential customers either because [...]
how to start a clothing line, tshirt business, clothing company, t-shirt blog, shirt design, continue reading...Using Special Offers To Sell More Tee Shirts
14. June 2009
As a whole, humans are programmed to avoid loss and danger. Without this basic instinct, the human race would have a difficult time surviving. Subconsciously, humans are constantly watching for cues that might suggest danger or the possibility of experiencing dramatic loss that lead them to flee or evade the problem as quickly as possible. In [...]
how to start a clothing line, tshirt business, clothing company, t-shirt blog, shirt design, continue reading...Good Customer Service Good Customer Service for clothing companies
9. June 2009
When selling t-shirts online, a major thing that determines your long term success in the industry is how well your customer service is. Of course your t-shirt designs have to be good in order for people to want to buy, but what makes people really buy from you is how much they like you; how [...]
how to start a clothing line, tshirt business, clothing company, t-shirt blog, shirt design, continue reading...Branding Your T-Shirt Business
9. June 2009
Creating a brand identity is one of the most important aspects of building a successful clothing line. Your brand identity is how your customers are able to identify your business, and is achieved by any images, lingo, philosophy or other details about your clothing line. It’s what makes your business unique, and in a world [...]
how to start a clothing line, tshirt business, clothing company, t-shirt blog, shirt design, continue reading...Selling Tee Shirts Through Social Networking
9. June 2009
Some of the most visited sites daily on the internet are various social networks. The largest demographic of these sites are the people who purchase the most tee shirts of any other group. There are many tee shirt brands that have launched to success with just a small beginning presence on a social network. Depending on [...]
how to start a clothing line, tshirt business, clothing company, t-shirt blog, shirt design, continue reading...We are going to launch soon!
14. May 2009
It’s been a ton of of hard work and I still have a website redesign for our website and store, a photoshoot to do, and get everything in order before we launch. Here is a mockup of the design so far. Let me know what you think. It reminds me of the 300. This is SPARTA!!!! Thanks [...]
how to start a clothing line, tshirt business, clothing company, t-shirt blog, shirt design, continue reading...Printing it yourself VS hiring it out
27. April 2009
My buddy David Murray over at SEIBEI wrote this great article about doing screen printing vs hiring it out. I get e-mails all the time from people who want to learn screen printing and start their own t-shirt line. It’s always a very tricky issue for me to tackle, because the way I came into this [...]
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